Printing or marking apparatus.



No; 642,337.- Patentedlan. 30, |900.

A. c. KLEY. PRINTING UBMABKING APPARATUS.

[Applicazio'n alga sept. zo, 1899.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN KLEY, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

PRINTING 0R MARKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,337, dated January30, 19O.

Application led September 29, 1899. Serial No. 732,092. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN 4KLEY, asubj ect of the Queen ofEngland, and

ings or printings; and one of the chief ob jects and effects of thepresent invention is to produce or provide an apparatus of this type bywhich the letters or other type-blocks can be rapidly placed in positionor removed, which shall be practically automatically held in placewithout any hand operating locking or fastening devices, and at the sametime shall be iirm and true in their setting.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus. Fig.2 is an'end view, and Fig. 3 an end view of a letter or type-block usedtherein.

Referring to the drawings, a are the typeblocks by which the markingsare effected,

. each of which is provided with a longitudinal opening b from the backor one side, extending to an engaging hole c, running through it.

e is the carrier or frame, having a handle f,

by and against which frame the type-blocks a are borne, and t' is a barof the same size as the hole c of the blocks, the ends of which areturned up and passed through the carrier e and provided on the ends witha collar or nut j, and between this nut and the back of the carrier e isa spring 7c.

In the case shown the bar t', over which the blocks a fit, is round; butone of the turned-up parts which pass through the carrier is cut away atZ, so as to be slightly smaller than the slots b in the blocks a and toallow them to slip over.

In use the bar c' is pulled slightly away from the carrier e, and thenthe type-blocks a are slid over the bars fi one after the other, and

when they are in position the springs 7c force the bar c' toward thecarrier, and thereby press the back 4of the blocks tightly up againstthe flat base of the carrier, and so hold it in position, requiring noother iixing means. To change the blocks, of course they are slipped offin the same wayas they are slipped on. This holding-bar i may be ofdifferent shapes-such as circular, triangular, or other suitableform-while the holes through the blocks will be of equivalent orcorresponding form to give the draw toward the carrier-face. The bar maybe in a single length, with the ends turned at right angles and passingthrough the carrier and drawn up to it by springs on the back, or it maybe of any length or in any way suitably arranged, in all cases beingformed at the end-z'. e., thinned down to allow the blocks to slide andpass over it. Also the apparatus may be arranged as asingle-line-printing apparatus or multiple line, and the blocks andcarrier constructed and modified in various dierent ways to suitdifferent purposes :for which it may be required, and it may have asingle central handle or double handles arranged longitudinally orcrosswise.

It is made of wood or any other suitable material.

The blocks d on their lower face are provided with projecting parts orledges o, be-

tween which the letters or signs used as the type (marked p) are placed.These ledges o protect the blocks p and prevent them being knocked offor injured.

In some cases the blocks a may have a groove q in the side to indicatethe proper position they are to take in the frame and to facilitate therapid fixing of the blocks in place.

What is claimed in respect of the hereindescribed invention is- 1. Theherein-described improved printing or marking apparatus, consisting' ofa frame having a type-holding bar retained by springs, and adapted toengage with typeblocks, and to hold them on the frame; the said barpressing one face` of the blocks against the frame substantially asdescribed.

2. In a printing or marking apparatus, a frame or carrier e; thetype-holding bar 'L' retained and pressed toward the carrier by the IOOsprings 7c; and blocks a adapted to fit and Aslide over the said bar,and to be held thereby on vthe face of the carrier; substantially as setforth.

5 3. In combination, the frame, the bar extending parallel with the facethereof and having bent-up thinned end portions, and the type-blockshaving notches adapted to pass over the thinned end portions of the bar,sub- 1o stantially :ts described.

4. In combination, the frame, the bal' eX- tending parallel with theface thereof, and having its ends bent and extending through the frame,the springs on said bent ends for pressing the bar toward the frame andthe I5 type-blocks having notches engaging the bar. In witness whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS CHRISTIAN KLEY. Witnesses:

JOHN HINDLEY WALKER, JOHN WILLIAM BROWN,

